The Times

The Editor

I refer to the article, “Don’t make Iraq our Vietnam”. Please allow me to make a few observations.

Year after year the situation in Iraq is worsening and the death toll is rising to unimaginable levels. Soon the entire Iraqi nation living in Iraq will be wiped out.

The US and its allies conveniently moved into Iraq, killed innocent civilians and wrecked the country all in the name of justice for the protection of peace loving Iraqis and the WMD saga, which up to this day is a mystery.

Now at this late hour, Americans are debating whether to continue with the presence of their troops in a foreign country after so much of carnage and destruction. There is obviously the concern of the number of American troops being killed and families are constantly putting pressure on their government for a troop withdrawal. It is a pity that no concern and feeling has been shown for the Iraqi people. Millions have been displaced, mercilessly killed and the country torn to pieces.

But yet we are talking of not repeating a Vietnam – fearing the loss of American lives. Indeed a very sad situation.

Abdullah Anwar